Soil and Stars

Emily Hall
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Soil and Stars is a podcast exploring our interconnectedness and unique roles within the web of life. Our host, Emily Hall (she/her), is your guide for asking big questions about the mysteries of life. Tune in for fascinating conversations about astrology, Earth-honoring spirituality, creativity, worldbuilding, healing, mysticism, and so much more. Each episode is intended to awaken our minds, open our hearts, and remind us that we are made of soil and stars.  

Episodes

  1. 3D AGO

    The intelligence of burnout

    What if burnout is a form of intelligence? What if bone-deep exhaustion is your body's way of resisting exploitation? What if burnout is an initiation into profound healing and change? In this episode, Emily introduces a new mini-series exploring burnout. She opens up about her personal story, including an initiation into the underworld, years of recovery, and life-changing healing and transformation.  In this episode, you’ll hear:  The nuanced, complex, and multifaceted nature of burnout Burnout as a form of intelligence emerging from the body and soul The cycle of the Moon and seasons of the Earth as guides for healing and recoveryThe polycrisis and finding our unique roles within the Great Turning Mentioned in this episode:  Stand With MinnesotaThe Great Turning by Joanna MacyWe Are The Great Turning podcastDra. Rocio Rosales MezaIf you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon. Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year.  Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

    1h 18m

  2. JAN 28

    Just an animal in a world full of animals with Kristin Lueke

    In this episode, Emily sits down for a heart-opening, world-expanding conversation with Kristin Lueke, a poet, writer, creative strategist, and co-founder of Field of Practice, an award-winning, women-owned design studio.  Kristin reflects on five years of stewarding Field of Practice with her partner and friend, Nermin Moufti, and what it’s been like to practice creative business on their terms. Kristin muses about her lifelong love of poetry, what compels her to write and express herself, and her reverence for the Earth and the birds.  Kristin shares two original poems, including feelings come & go but teeth are forever published by Okay Donkey, and dendrochronology of a murder published by Wildness.  In this episode, you’ll hear:  The power of dreaming with others and speaking our shared visions aloudThe 4 L’s: a framework for reflecting upon our creative projects, including what we loved, learned, longed for, and let go of Weaving the threads of activism, social change, design, and creative strategy Poetry as magic spells to express the gigantic feelings within us Writing as a mechanism for restoration and connection Bird watching as a practice for cultivating stillness, slowness, presence, and wonder Subscribe to Kristin’s newsletter, the animal eats, and connect with her on Instagram @klooky.   If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon. Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year.  Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

    1h 22m

  3. JAN 21

    Earth worship and cycles of creative expression with Jacqueline Suskin

    In this episode, Emily has an expansive conversation with the prolific poet, writer, and Earth worshipper, Jacqueline Suskin. Jacqueline and Emily wax poetic about their shared love of the Earth and seasons, including what guided Jacqueline to write A Year in Practice: Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression.  Jacqueline shares original poems, including "How I Fell in Love with the Earth," "The Mind is a Joke," and "The Suffering of the Mind and Body," from her latest book, The Verse For Now.  In this episode, you’ll hear:  What does it mean to be an Earth worshipper?Questioning the mind and whether it is part of the bodyThe struggle and ease of aligning life and creative practice with the seasons Oscillating between hope and hopelessness in times of great change Retreat, sleeping, and dreaming as practices for communing with Winter Subscribe to Jacqueline’s newsletter, Poetic Purpose, connect with her on Instagram @jsuskin, and read her books.  If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon. Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year.  Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

    1h 9m

  4. JAN 14

    Celebrating the magic of the Wheel of the Year with Ayana Madrone

    In this episode, Emily sits down for a magical conversation with Ayana Madrone, who has authored an eight-book series on the pagan Wheel of the Year.  Emily and Ayana discuss how the Wheel of the Year supports our collective healing and re-enchantment by guiding us into meaningful connection with the Earth.  In this episode, you’ll hear:  What the Wheel of the Year is, and how it serves as a portal to ancestral remembrance, re-enchantment, and Earth-honoring ways of beingThe roots of Yule and Imbolc, and how to celebrate these seasonal shifts How aligning with the seasons grows our capacity for presence and stillness, and supports burnout recoveryHonoring the grief of the lack of elders to guide us in these times and turning to the crone within and the crones of our ancestral lineages Subscribe to Ayana’s newsletter, connect with her on TikTok, and find her Wheel of the Year guidebooks on Patreon.  If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon. Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year.  Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

    1h 6m

  5. JAN 7

    Winter's wisdom: be still and rest

    In this episode, Emily explores how the rhythm of the seasons can guide us into right relationship with the Earth by shifting culture from endless growth, extraction, and scarcity to reciprocity, regeneration, and abundance.  Winter is a season of stillness and rest. We see this in the longest nights of the year, in the life cycles of deciduous trees, and in mammals that hibernate. Emily invites listeners to contemplate how we can weave Winter's wisdom into the fabric of our lives. If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon. Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year.  Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

    57 min

  6. 12/30/2025

    Healing is not a luxury

    Happy birthday Soil and Stars! This podcast was born on December 30th, 2025 at 10:10 a.m. CST. They are a Capricorn Sun, Taurus Moon, and Pisces rising. In this first episode, Emily makes the case that healing is not a luxury, a declaration inspired by Audre Lorde’s essay Poetry is Not a Luxury.  Healing is expansive and multidimensional. It is physical, emotional, spiritual, individual, communal, cultural, and planetary. Centering healing in everything we do is a practical strategy for repairing culture and birthing new worlds into being. Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year.  Mentioned in this episode: Poetry is Not a Luxury, an essay by Audre LordeSister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre LordeWhat It Takes to Heal by Prentis Hemphill Chiron the wounded healerThank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

    1h 13m

  7. TRAILER

    Welcome to Soil and Stars

    Soil and Stars

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About

Soil and Stars is a podcast exploring our interconnectedness and unique roles within the web of life. Our host, Emily Hall (she/her), is your guide for asking big questions about the mysteries of life. Tune in for fascinating conversations about astrology, Earth-honoring spirituality, creativity, worldbuilding, healing, mysticism, and so much more. Each episode is intended to awaken our minds, open our hearts, and remind us that we are made of soil and stars.  

Information

  • Creator
    Emily Hall
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Soil and Stars
  • Show Website
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